Patent SG-11201811324V-A (SG)
Title: Flowcell cartridge with floating seal bracket
Inventor: KAPLAN DAVID ELLIOTT
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2017-12-21
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 1111114110111010101111101 11010M 011101111111111100111011111011 OEN Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......'\" WO 2018/128839 Al 12 July 2018 (12.07.2018) WIP0 1 PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agent: SCHOLZ, Christian D. et al.; WEAVER AUSTIN BOIL 3/00 (2006.01) G01N 35/00 (2006.01) VILLENEUVE & SAMPSON LLP, P.O. Box 70250, Oak- BOIL 9/00 (2006.01) land, California 94612-0250 (US). (21) International Application Number: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every PCT/US2017/067832 kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (22) International Filing Date: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 21 December 2017 (21.12.2017) CA, DZ, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (25) Filing Language: English HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, (26) Publication Language: English KR, MG, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (30) Priority Data: OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, 62/441,927 03 January 2017 (03.01.2017) US SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, 1704769.7 24 March 2017 (24.03.2017) GB TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. 15/841,109 13 December 2017 (13.12.2017) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (71) Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC. [US/US]; 5200 Illumina kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, Way, San Diego, California 92122 (US). GM, UG, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (72) Inventors: KAPLAN, David Elliott; 5200 Illumina Way, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, — San Diego, California 92122 (US). DE RUYTER, An- EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, thony John; 4217 Mount Voss Dr., San Diego, Califor- MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, nia 92117 (US). KELLEY, Richard Alan; 11036 Harvest TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, = Dance Way, San Diego, California 92127 (US). KUMAR, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Ashish; 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, California 92122 (US). _ = = = Title: FLOWCELL CARTRIDGE WITH FLOATING SEAL BRACKET — (54) (57) : A cartridge for use with chemical or biological analysis systems 162 is provided. The cartridge may include a floating microfluidic plate that is held = 4.* in the cartridge using one or more floating support brackets that incorporate gaskets that may seal against fluidic ports on the microfluidic plate. The floating _= — support brackets may include indexing features that may align the microfluidic = = . 2 plate with the seals. 182 = AO' = 184—r - = 140 ---t-,d, las -- \" N, 140 .Th- t-d ./ 182 = 114 — -- .1 .- 1a8 — 142 i i 184 -. 1. : 188 170 178 - 4 . . ''* 11 '''-',..... . 2 - _ 186 19. 172 h 11.- 1W .4 1 Iltil CN 168 VV '''',rii0 111111 M GC GC ei - 11 411110118118181, , goirp, 182 ---7.' ifAT . Figure 12 (-* '- , t , -,, ,,,..,, © ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/128839 Al MIDEDIM01101 DIDEFIE0EMIERfill11111101111111111111111111 Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))